Thomas Henry Warburton
Thomas Henry Warburton (1879-1931)
1931 Obituary.[1]
Thomas Henry Warburton (Member) was born in 1879, and was the son of the late Captain W. A. Warburton, R.E. He was educated at Ardingly College, Sussex, and Sheffield University, and served his apprenticeship with Messrs. Charles Cammell and Co, Ltd., of Sheffield. During the Boer War he went to South Africa with the Yorkshire Yeomanry, and after his return to England became Assistant Manager in the Steel Department of Messrs. Cammell, Laird and Co.
In 1908 he was appointed Steel Works Manager of the Earl of Dudley’s Round Oak Works, but returned after two years to Cammell, Laird’s as Manager of their steel plant, and whilst serving in this capacity was responsible for the casting of an ingot weighing 140 tons, believed to be the heaviest which had been made up to that period.
After the War, Mr. Warburton went to the Monk Bridge Iron and Steel Co, Ltd., as General Manager, a position which he held until shortly before his death. Whilst at Monk Bridge he was responsible for the whole of the manufactures of the Company, which consist very largely of railway materials, such as tyres, axles, and forgings - with the speciality of crank axles. Mr. Warburton was very well known in the railway world for his knowledge of the steels suitable for these purposes, and the heat treatment which they require, and he was regarded as one of the leading authorities on the subject. He was an Associate in Metallurgy of Sheffield University, and a Member of the Iron and Steel Institute.
He died on October the 3rd, 1931, at the age of 52.